Helpful Ideas for Alaskan Travels
What Not to Miss - ALBERTA Icefield Parkway - Jasper, Lake Louise and Banff BRITISH COLUMBIA Mile "0" Signpost - Dawson Creek, Alaska Highway Liard Hot Springs - Alaska Highway (his...
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Adding to Janet’s great list:
Alberta
Smashed in The Head Buffalo Jump, World Heritage Site, NW of Fort MacLeod
Heritage Park in Calgary. Boat and train rides, nice Gasoline Alley, native displays and more
British Columbia
Toad River RV CG on a lake with moose, beaver, birds and museum next door
Salmon educational signs just before the bridge in Teslin.
Kluana National Park before Haines Junction. World’s largest non-polar alpine ice field
Namino Bar, Haines Junction, great cinnamon bun, scones, etc
Rendezvous Theater, Beaver Creek, funny show
US border, stop and take your picture standing in Canada and Alaska
Forestry & Train Museum, Price George
Alaska
End of the Alaskan Highway, Delta Junction
Dredge 8 tour, Fairbanks
Discovery Riverboat trip, Fairbanks
Pioneer Park, Fairbanks
Hurricane Turn train ride, Talkeetna
Talkeetna, interesting shops in this small tourist town, West Rib Pub
Dog sled kennels, Denali Park
Visitors Center, films and displays, Denali Park
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Portage Valley, very interesting
Visitor Center on Portage Lake
Whittier, harbor town
Major Marine Tour of Resurrection Bay, Seward
Exit Glacier, Seward
Le Barn Appétit on Old Exit Glacier Rd, great hosts and food, Seward
Kayak Adventure, Homer
Pratt Museum, Homer
Danny J boat trip to Halibut Cove, Homer, beautiful restore boat
Deep Creek Beach RV park, Ninilchik, watched eagles soar for hours plus halibut charter boat launching (no harbor), very interesting
Halibut Charters, Ninilchik, Closer to the halibut grounds than Homer
Tram ride, Girdwood
Glacier boat tours, Valdez
Gold Rush Days, Valdez, great family fun and kids rowing there cardboard boats and some finished by swimming, big event of the year for Valdez (8/4/13)
Copper mining area, Chitina plus ghost towns down the gravel road
Grizzly Lake RV Park, Tok Highway, great views and close to Nabesna Rd, interesting drive
Kathleen Lake, Haines Highway, nice CG near the lake
Chilkat SRA, Haines, nice glacier and waterfall views
Fjord Express to Juneau, Haines or Skagway, 85 miles on way on high speed passenger ferry, very interesting, Juneau and Mendenhall glacier
Bear watching north of the car ferry, Haines
Haines to Skagway car/RV ferry, 15 water miles
White River Railroad trip, Skagway. Part of the views can be seen from the road north of Skagway
Ranger tours of Skagway
Day of 98 play, Skagway, play of Soapy a con man
Note: Both Juneau and Skagway are interesting and both have cruise ships and Caribbean jewelry store, same companies and people, for the cruise ships of course
Salmon, bear and wolf viewing area, Hyder
Salmon Glacier 5th largest in N America, up the gravel road past the viewing area. Here you can look down at the glacier, Hyder
Note: From Steward you cross the border into the US (Hyder), then into Canada on the way to the glacier, back into the US (Hyder) with no border agents, not that there is anywhere else to go. Then through Canadian Customs into Steward. Interesting
Alberta
Smashed in The Head Buffalo Jump, World Heritage Site, NW of Fort MacLeod
Heritage Park in Calgary. Boat and train rides, nice Gasoline Alley, native displays and more
British Columbia
Toad River RV CG on a lake with moose, beaver, birds and museum next door
Salmon educational signs just before the bridge in Teslin.
Kluana National Park before Haines Junction. World’s largest non-polar alpine ice field
Namino Bar, Haines Junction, great cinnamon bun, scones, etc
Rendezvous Theater, Beaver Creek, funny show
US border, stop and take your picture standing in Canada and Alaska
Forestry & Train Museum, Price George
Alaska
End of the Alaskan Highway, Delta Junction
Dredge 8 tour, Fairbanks
Discovery Riverboat trip, Fairbanks
Pioneer Park, Fairbanks
Hurricane Turn train ride, Talkeetna
Talkeetna, interesting shops in this small tourist town, West Rib Pub
Dog sled kennels, Denali Park
Visitors Center, films and displays, Denali Park
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Portage Valley, very interesting
Visitor Center on Portage Lake
Whittier, harbor town
Major Marine Tour of Resurrection Bay, Seward
Exit Glacier, Seward
Le Barn Appétit on Old Exit Glacier Rd, great hosts and food, Seward
Kayak Adventure, Homer
Pratt Museum, Homer
Danny J boat trip to Halibut Cove, Homer, beautiful restore boat
Deep Creek Beach RV park, Ninilchik, watched eagles soar for hours plus halibut charter boat launching (no harbor), very interesting
Halibut Charters, Ninilchik, Closer to the halibut grounds than Homer
Tram ride, Girdwood
Glacier boat tours, Valdez
Gold Rush Days, Valdez, great family fun and kids rowing there cardboard boats and some finished by swimming, big event of the year for Valdez (8/4/13)
Copper mining area, Chitina plus ghost towns down the gravel road
Grizzly Lake RV Park, Tok Highway, great views and close to Nabesna Rd, interesting drive
Kathleen Lake, Haines Highway, nice CG near the lake
Chilkat SRA, Haines, nice glacier and waterfall views
Fjord Express to Juneau, Haines or Skagway, 85 miles on way on high speed passenger ferry, very interesting, Juneau and Mendenhall glacier
Bear watching north of the car ferry, Haines
Haines to Skagway car/RV ferry, 15 water miles
White River Railroad trip, Skagway. Part of the views can be seen from the road north of Skagway
Ranger tours of Skagway
Day of 98 play, Skagway, play of Soapy a con man
Note: Both Juneau and Skagway are interesting and both have cruise ships and Caribbean jewelry store, same companies and people, for the cruise ships of course
Salmon, bear and wolf viewing area, Hyder
Salmon Glacier 5th largest in N America, up the gravel road past the viewing area. Here you can look down at the glacier, Hyder
Note: From Steward you cross the border into the US (Hyder), then into Canada on the way to the glacier, back into the US (Hyder) with no border agents, not that there is anywhere else to go. Then through Canadian Customs into Steward. Interesting
